Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received ...
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Nashville
As Connie White
Men
As Alex
Malaika
As Jessica Martin
House of 1000 Corpses
As Mother Firefly
The Player
As Karen Black
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
As Whip Lady
Little Laura and Big John
As Laura
The Great Gatsby
As Myrtle Wilson
The Day of the Locust
As Faye Greener
Born to Win
As Parm
Out of the Dark
As Ruth Wilson
Dinosaur Valley Girls
As Ro-Kell
Family Plot
As Fran
The Invisible Kid
As Mom
Cut and Run
As Karin
Invaders from Mars
As Linda Magnusson
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
As June Rhodes
Gypsy 83
As Bambi LeBleau
Five Easy Pieces
As Rayette Dipesto
The Outfit
As Bett Harrow
Airport 1975
As Nancy Pryor
One Long Night
As Barbara
Burnt Offerings
As Marian Rolf
Evil Spirits
As Ella Purdy
Plan 10 from Outer Space
As Nehor
Killer Fish
As Kate
Rubin & Ed
As Rula
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
As Auntie Lee
Haunting Fear
As Dr. Julia Harcourt
Night Angel
As Rita
You're a Big Boy Now
As Amy Partlett
Children of the Night
As Karen Thompson
Invisible Dad
As Courtney Whitmer
Soulkeeper
As Martha la Magnifica
Trilogy of Terror
As Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
New York Crossing
As Mrs. Tender
Firecracker
As Sandra / Eleanor
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
As Self
Homer and Eddie
As Belle
Hard Contract
As Ellen
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
As Ellen Jarvis
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
As Joanne
Stuck!
Bury the Evidence
As The Mother
Some Guy Who Kills People
As Ruth Boyd
A Gunfight
As Jenny Simms
Ghost Writer
As Renee
Mirror Mirror
As Susan Gordon
Wanderlust
As Herself
Separate Ways
As Valentine Colby
Cisco Pike
As Sue
The Pyx
As Elizabeth Lucy
Drive, He Said
As Olive
Savage Dawn
As Rachel
Red Dirt
As Aunt Summer
Conceiving Ada
As Lady Byron / Mother Coer
Eternal Evil
As Janus
The Roller Blade Seven
As Tarot
Maria My Love
As Maria
Mommy's Little Monster
As Mrs. Melnick
America Brown
As Marianne Brown
Mascara
As Aunt Eloise
Crimetime
As Millicent
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
As Self
Irene in Time
As Sheila Shivvers
Dogtown
As Rose Van Horn
Portnoy's Complaint
As Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
As Carla
The Grass Is Singing
As Mary Turner
In Praise of Older Women
As Maya
Crime and Passion
As Susan Winters
Law and Disorder
As Gloria
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
As Zee
Easy Rider
As Karen
Light Speed
As High Priestess
Martin's Day
As Karen
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
As Self
Ooga Booga
As Mrs. Allardyce
Charades
As Jude
Overexposed
As Mrs. Trowbridge
The Killers Edge
As Barrett
Quiet Fire
As Kim Martino
Club Fed
As Sally Rich
The Squeeze
As Clarisse Saunders
Nothing Special
As May
She Loves Me Not
As Karla
Judgement
As Tiffany Powers
Hostage
As Laura Lawrence
Rhinoceros
As Daisy
The Prime Time
As Betty
The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
Dr. Rage
As Molly
Caged Fear
As Blanche
Miss Right
As Amy
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
As Tarot
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
As Miriam Oliver / Sandy
Where the Ladies Go
As Helen
Bad Manners
As Gladys Fitzpatrick
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
As Agrippina
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
As Martha Gelhorn
Hollywood Dreams
As Luna
Zapped Again!
As Homeroom Teacher
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
As Self (archive footage)
Wamego: Ultimatum
As Self
Contamination
As Mavis
Wild in Blue
As Justine
Twisted Justice
As Mrs. Granger
The Underground Comedy Movie
As Mother
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
As Tarot
Curse of the Forty-Niner
As Aunt Nelly
Fallen Arches
As Lucy Romano
Dixie Lanes
As Zelma Putnam
Power
As Rose Vanda-Buchanan
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
As Investigator Evelyn Carter
Letters from the Big Man
As Sean's Colleague
Bottomless Pit
As Karen Black
Angel Blue
As Social Worker
OowieWanna
As The Donna
On the tracks of a filmmaker
As Karen Black
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
As Self
Paris
As Chantelle
Cries of Silence
As Rose Walsh
Capricorn One
As Judy Drinkwater
The Double 0 Kid
As Mrs. Elliot
Chanel Solitaire
As Emilienne d'Alençon
The Last Word
As Paula Herbert
Plotting 'Family Plot'
As Self
The Children
As Sybil Lullmer
Mr. Horn
As Ernestina Crawford
The Independent
As Karen Black
Final Judgement
As Mrs. Sorrel
Stir
As Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
Starstruck
As Bertha
Flight of the Spruce Goose
As Gloria
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
As Self
Repo Chick
As Aunt De La Chasse
Double Duty
As Annabelle
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
As Tarot
Teknolust
As Dirty Dick
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
As ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
Paradise Cove
As Ma
The Little Mermaid
As Sea Witch
Too Bad About Jack
Oliver Twisted
As Mrs. Mary Happ
Tuesday Never Comes
As Michelle
A Single Woman
As Storyteller
A Light in the Darkness
As Mrs. Melnick
Dead Girls Don't Tango
As Insp. Wilson
Fatal Encounter
As Joan Caldwell
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
As Mrs. Buttleman
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
As Self
The Donor
As Mrs. Springle
Read You Like a Book
As Kate
Because He's My Friend
As Anne
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
As Evelyn
The Trust
As Maria Vandermeer
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Watercolors
As Mrs. Martin
The Last Horror Film
As Karen Black (uncredited)
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
As Self
Ralph S. Mouse
As Miss Kuchenbacker
Whitepaddy
As Mrs. Leider
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
As Self
Dark Blood
As Motel Woman
Murder, She Wrote
As Dr. Sylvia Dunn
The F.B.I.
As Lorraine Chapman
Miami Vice
E! True Hollywood Story
Mannix
Adam-12
As Susan Decker
Moon Over Miami
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As Vera Morgan
Run for Your Life
As Jennifer Palmer
Police Story
E/R
The Hitchhiker
As Kay Mason
The Big Valley
As Carla
The Hunger
As Miss Gati / Landlady
Judd for the Defense
Ghost Story
As Barbara Sanders
Saturday Night Live
As Self - Host
Faerie Tale Theatre
As Guest Interviewee
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
As Jennifer
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self
The Name of the Game
As Monica Garrison
The Carol Burnett Show
As Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Invaders
As Claudia Stone
Tales of the City
As Self